Alberto Ansuategi graduated with a DPhil in Environmental Economics, University of York (2000)., MSc (1993) and BSc (1990) at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He is currently Associate Professor at the UPV/EHU.
His research interest includes energy and climate economics, resource economics and macroeconomics. He has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Energy Policy, Ecological Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics and Climate Policy.
He is currently director of the Low Carbon Programme, a joint research initiative of the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), the Repsol Foundation and the University of the Basque Country.
From December 2005 to June 2009 he was director of scientific policy in the Basque Ministry of Education, universities and, as such, he was member of the Committee of Experts, representing Spain, at the People Programme (7th Framework Programme of the European Commission), member of the Spanish General Counc